Machine for cleaning brewers&#39; hose.



UNITED STATES,

Patented May 19, 1903.

.PATENT OFFICE.

MACHINE FOR CLEANING BREWERS H o'sEL SPECIFICATION forming 1m of LettersPatent no. 728,287, dated my 19, 1903.

Application filed March 19, 1903. i Serial Nb. 148,568. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDMUND PEHL, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of Hartford, in the county of Hartford and Stateof Connecticut, (with a post-office address in the above place,) haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for CleaningBrewer's Hose, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is intended for the washing and cleansing of flexibletubing, and is espeoially adapted for washing and cleaning the inside ofhose used in breweries.

It has been the usual custom heretofore to take a cork with a stringattached and flush the same through the hose and then attach'a strongercord to the string at the end of which is a brush and draw the samethrough the hose and intermittently force water through the same'untilit is thoroughly cleaned,which is a very slow and laborious operation.

The object of my invention is to provide a machine of simple andconvenient construction for clamping the hose into a carrier and drawingthe same over a brush whichisat tached to the free end of a longflushing-pipe and which is in communication with'proper flushing meansto thoroughly rinse the same in a. simple and thorough manner, therebysaving a greatdeal of time and manual labor. This invention will be bestunderstood as described in connection with the drawings in which it isillustrated, and in which- Figure 1 represents a plan view of myimproved hose w'ashing and cleaning machine. As the same is ofconsiderable length, I have preferably shown it broken in two places.Fig.2 is a side view of ;what isshown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is across-sectional end View taken on lines 3 3 and in the direction of thearrows of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an end view of what is shown in Fig. 2 fromthe left-hand side of the machine. Figs-5 and 6 are respectively a planand a front View of the hose-clamping carrier.- Figs. 7 and 8 arerespectively a plan and a front view of one of the series ofhose-supporting cross-heads. Figs. 9 to 12, inclusive, represent amodification of what is shown in Figs'l 3111(12, the modification beinga design of a vertical machine attached to the Wall of a buildingorchimney, whereas the machine as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 represents adesign of the horizontal type.

The numerals 15 and 16 indicate planks running the entire length of themachine,- upon which the frame (designated in a general way by theletter A) is mounted and which con sists of the standards 17, 18, and19, rigidly held together at their upper endsby the tierods 20 and 21,preferably made of tubing, which serve as guides for the series ofhosesupporting cross-heads 33, the hose-clamping carrier 29, andtheseries of pipe-supporting cross-heads 41, all of which will bedescribed later. On the lower sides the standards are held together bythe tie-rods'22 and23, also preferably made of gas piping or tubing.

Power is communicated to the machine by means of the pulleys 24, mountedupon the shaft 25, which carries the sprocket26 and is journaled in thebearings 19 of the standard 19. ings 17, in which is journaled the shaft27, "upon which is securely held the sheave 28, having a groove in whichthe sprocket-chain The standard 17 is provided with-bearor wire rope 32can engage.

' he hose-clamping carrier 29 is best shown 'in Figs. 5' and 6, andconsists of a casting having semicircular concave slideways 29, whichare adaptedto slide on the tie-rods 20 and 21, and has hinged-theretothe cap 30, by which the hose can be clamped and securely heldto thehose-clamping carrier by means of the winged nut 31 and whereby the hoseis drawn into the machine when the hose-clamping carrier is drawnforward. Securely fastened to the hose-clamping carrier 29 is thesprocket-chain 32, which passes-ovenand around the sprocket 26 and underand around the sheave 28 backto the hose-clamping car-- rier, as showninFig. 2, and I have preferably shown the sprocket-chain 32 as a wire ropefor a portion of its length.

As a means for supporting the hose during the operation of drawing thehose into the machine I have provided the hose-supporting cross-heads 33(best shown in Figsf7- arid 8) and provided at their outerends withsemicircular concave slideways 34, adapted to slide over the tie-rods 2Oan'd21'.

is of considerable length, I have provided a series of hose=supportingcross-heads which As the machine 'ICO are all connected near theirslideways by chains 35 and 36, which prevent the hose from saggingduring the cleaning operation. One end of each of these chains issecurely held to the standard l7,and the center of each is fastened tothe hose-clamping carrier, and when the hose-clamping carrier is at thesprocket end of the machine the hose-supporting crossheads are aboutequidistantly disposed between the standard 17 and the hose-supportingcarrier.

The standard 19 is provided at its central and upper end with a hub 19,into which is screwed the flushing-pipe 37, which has at its free endsecurely held thereto the brush 38, which is provided with properperforations 39, the purpose of which will be described later. At theouter end of the hub 19 the machine is connected with a water-supply,which may be thrown into operative connection by the valve 40. Aspreviously stated, the machine is of considerable length and theflushing-pipe, with'its attached brush, would sag, and therefore I haveprovided the machine with a series of pipe-supporting cross-heads 41,which are in general construction and design similar to thehose-supporting cross-heads and only vary in the size of the centralopening, which is considerably smaller, adapted to receive the diameterof the flushing-pipe 37. These pipe-supporting cross-heads are alsoattached to the chains 35 and 36 and slide on the tie-rods 20 and 21 andare identical in operation with the hose-supporting cross-heads 33,except that the former support the flushing-pipe and the latter thehose. As previously stated, one end of each of the chains 35 and 36 issecurely held to the standard 17 and 'the other end of each is fastenedto the standard 19, and when the hose-clam ping carrier is at the sheaveend of the machine or near the standard .17 the pipe-supportingcross-heads are about equidistantly disposed between the standard 19 andthe hose-clamping carrier 29, as clearly shown in Fig. 1.

In Figs. 9 to 12, inclusive, I have shown a modified form of my improvedmachine for cleaning brewers hose, the same being of the same generalconstruction as the machine previously described and representing it asadapted to be secured to the wall of the building or chimney for thepurpose of saving floorspace.

The numeral et5 indicates the side wall of a building or chimney, towhich the standards 17, 18, and 19 are fastened, and is identical bothin construction and operation with the machine above described with thisexception, that the water-supply and valve 40 is attached to the sheaveend of the machine, which admits water through the tie-rod 21, which is,as previously described, preferably of tubular construction and isconnected at the upper end by means of the pipe 46 with the hub 19". Inthe standard 19 I have provided the supplemental sheave 47, which isjournaled inthe shaft 48, under which the hose is drawn from a reel whenthe machine is in operation. As the tube will hang vertically and therewill be no tendency to sag, as in the horizontal arrangement, thehosesupporting cross-heads may be omitted, and I have thereforedispensed with the same.

The chains 35 and 36 each have one end fastened to the standard 19 andthe other end directly to the hose-clamping carrier 29, and these chainsare also fastened to the pipesupporting cross-heads 41, which are aboutequidistant-1y disposed between the standards 19 and the hose-clampingcarrier when the carrier is at the sheave end of the machine.

The operation of the machine is as follows: I will assume that themachine is properly belted, so that the hose-clamping carrier 29 can bedrawn to and fro and the necessary supply of water provided, and thatthe hoseclamping carrier is at the sheave end of the machine. The hoseis brought to the machine on a reel, and the free end of the hose isdrawn over the sheave 28 and through the central openings of the seriesof hose-su pportin g crossheads 23 and clamped into the hose-clampingcarrier 29 by means of the cap 30 and the winged nut 31. The machine isthen set in motion, so that the hose-clamping carrier is slowly drawntoward the sprocket end of the machine. The hose will then be drawn overthe brush 38, the valve 40 having previously been opened, so that thewater will flow through the flushing-pipe 37 into the hose through theperforations 39, and as the hoseclamping carrier continues it comes incontact with the pipe-supporting cross-heads 41 until the entire seriesis forced back toward the sprocket end of the machine, andsimultaneously the hose-supporting cross-heads 33 will be drawn away oneafter the other by means of the chains 35 and 36 and spread aboutequidistantly over the entire length of the machine, thus supporting thehose. When the machine is reversed,the hose-clamp ing carrier forces thehose back out of the machine, the attendant guiding the same back uponthe reel.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a machine of the class specified,'.tl1e combination of a hoseclamping carrier, means for moving the hose-clamping carrier, theflushing-pipe, and the brush supported at the free end of theflushing-pipe, all operating substantially as described to draw the hoseover the brush and the flushing-pipe.

2. In a machine of the class specified, the combination of a hoseclamping carrier, means for moving the hose-clamping carrier, a valveadapted to regulate the pressure of the water, the flushing-pipe, thebrush mounted at the free end of the flushing-pipe, and perforations inthe brush, all operating substantially as described.

3. In a machine for cleaning and washing flexible hose, the combinationof aframe, a

sprocket-wheel mounted at one end of the frame, a sheave mountedfat theother end of the frame, a hose -,cla-mping carrier, operating meansconnected with the hose-clamping carrier and passing over thesprocket-wheel andsheave, the flushing-pipe, and=the brush I mounted atthe end of the pipe, substantially as described. r

4. In a machine for cleaning and washing flexible hose, the combinationof a frameya sprocket-wheel mounted at one end of the frame, a sheavemounted at the other end of the frame, a hose-clamping carrier,operating means connected to the hose-clamping carrier and passing over.thesprocket-wheel and the sheave, the flushing-pipe, the brush mountedat the free end of the flushing-pipe, and a series of pipe-supportingcross-heads, substantially as described.

5. In a machine for cleaning and washing flexible hose, the combinationof a frame, a

sprocket-wheel mounted at one end of the frame, a sheave mounted at theother end of the frame, a hose-clamping carrier, operatingmeansconnected to the hose-clamping carrier and passing over thesprocket-wheel and the sheave, the flushing-pipe, the brush mountedatthe free'end of the flushing-pipe, a series of pipe-supportingcross-heads, and

a series of hose-supporting cross-heads, substantially as described. I

6. In a machine forcleauing and-washing flexible hose,'thecombination-of a frame, a" sprocket-wheel mounted at one end of theframe, a sheave mounted at the other end of the frame, a hose-clampingcarrier, operating means connected to the hose-clamping carrier andpassing over the sprocket-wheel and the sheave, the flushing-pipe, thebrush mounted at the free end of the flushing-pipe, a series ofpipe-supporting cross-heads, and chains connecting the series ofpipe-supporting cross-heads to the frame and to the hose clampingcarrier, substantially as described.

7. In a machine for cleaning and washing flexible hose, the combinationof a frame, a sprocket-wheel mounted at oneend of the frame, asheavemounted at the'other end of the frame, a hose-clamping carrier,operating means connected to the hose-clamping carrier and passing overthe sprocket-Wheel and the sheave, thefiushing-pipe, the brush' mountedat the free endof the flushing-pipe, I a series of pipe-supportingcross-heads,chains connecting the series of pipe-supporting cross headsto the frame and to thehose-clamping carrier, a series ofhose-supporting crossto the hose-clam ping carrier, substantiallyasdescribed.

heads, and chains connecting the series of hose-supporting cross-headsto the'frame and 8. In a machine for Washing brewers hose,

the combination of aframe, a sprocket-wheel mountedat one end of theframe, power devices for operating. the sprocket-wheel, a P

sheave mounted at the other end of the frame,

a hose-clamping carrier, a sprocketchain connected to the hose-clampingcarrier and passing over the sprocket and the sheave,

the flushing-pipe, one end of which is rigidly mounted in the frame; thebrush-mounted at the other free end of the flushing-pipe, perportingcross-heads, aseries of hose-supportforations in'the brush, a series ofpipe-suping cross-heads, and chains connecting the pipe-supportingcross-heads and" hose-supporting cross-heads to the frame and to-theho'se-clamping carrier, all substantially as described. t v

mounted at oneend of the frame, power dea 8o 9. In a machine forwashingbrewers hose, the combination of aframe, a sprocket-wheel vices foroperating the sprocket-Wheel, a

sheave mounted at the other end of the frame,

a hose-clamping carrier, a sprocket-chain connected to the hose-clampingcarrier and passing over the sprocket and the sheave,

the flushing-pipe, one end of which-is rigidly mounted in the frame,thebrush mounted'at the other free end of the flushing-pipe,perforations in the brush, a valve adapted to regulate the-pressure ofthe water;a series of pipe-supporting cross-heads, aseries ofhose-supporting-cross-heads, and chains connecting the pipe-supportingcross-heads and hose-supportin g cross-heads to the'frame and tothe'hose-clamping carrier, all substantially as described; r

Signed by me this'ldth day of-March; 1903;

r EDMUND-"PE'HL; Witnesses: I I Y EMIL OTT,

- RIoHARnH-KIMBALL.

